Sunday, June 29, 2014

Walking The Ranch!

We have been walking the bluffs of The Sea Ranch for many, many years.  It is 10 miles long. This time we thought it would be fun to get a Trails map and start at the south end and head north.  We think we have walked on every section but we've never kept track.  Now we are!  Here is what we accomplished on this trip.  This is one side of the map.  We did a couple of short walks on the other side to check out seals but as you can see we made it about half way.
(It also takes some walking to get to these trails and back)
Enjoy highlights from our walks!
Day 1:  We arrived at 4 p.m. so after dinner we took our first walk.
 Day 2: Morning...
...and early evening.
Day 3:  This seemed to be "seal" day.  Morning walk...
...and early evening again.  It was raining a light mist.
Day 4:
Only got in an evening walk since we were gone all day for our outing:
They have just put in a few posts with QR codes.  We found them so interesting to learn about the history here!  Here is Dan pulling up the code which told us why they named this area Smuggler's Cove.  It was all about bootleg liquor.
Day 5: Morning walk:

Evening walk:
We are anxious to return and fill in some more of the map!

Friday, June 27, 2014

Christmas Gift: Outing #6!

Dan always plans these and so this month he knew we were going to be out of town. 
He researched the area and found something he thought I would like,
and I did!!
A trip up the coast to Fort Bragg for lunch and a visit to the Mendocino County Botanical Gardens:
We had lunch at the Garden Cafe at the Botanical Gardens.  The setting was in a garden area and we got a flower with our sandwich!
I love that Dan likes to take photos, and he's good at it as you will see below!
We were amazed by these blue pinecones!
The Dahlia Garden was in full bloom!
More and more photos!
After about a mile walk through all these different garden areas, you are at the Pacific Ocean!
And then a walk back to the entrance:
 And the ride there and back was wonderful as well!

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

A Perfect Birthday!

Dan okayed the title of this post!
A Sea Ranch jigsaw puzzle:
Cake for breakfast:
 A morning bluff walk:
More work on the puzzle:
Text messages, reading, and a little nap:
Skyping with Matthew for his birthday:
An evening bluff walk:
And finally,  a good movie:
Happy Birthday!

Monday, June 23, 2014

Off To The Coast!

Just arrived and we've already seen a fox and some deer!
Dan has been taking pictures!
 And we had a nice evening walk on the bluffs!